Gulf Oil Corp. v. United States

OPINION

DAY, Chief Judge.

These proceedings in admiralty arise out of a collision between the M/V S. E. Graham and the S. S. Gulfoil on August 7, 1958, between 6:52 A.M. and 6:53 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Saving Time) in a dense fog in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, between Bull Point, Jamestown and Fort Adams, Newport, in the State of Rhode Island. As a result of said collision and the resulting fire, eighteen persons were killed, many persons were injured and both of said vessels were badly damaged.

On August 8, 1958, Gulf Oil Corporation, owner of said Gulfoil, filed in this Court a…